eC (programming language)

eC

Paradigm	Multi-paradigm: procedural, object-oriented, generic
Designed by	Jérôme Jacovella-St-Louis
First appeared	2004 (2004)
Stable release	Ecere SDK 0.44.15 / 4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)
Typing discipline	Static, nominative, partially inferred
Implementation language	eC
OS	Cross-platform
License	BSD-3
Filename extensions	.ec, .eh
Website	ec-lang.org
Major implementations
Ecere SDK
Influenced by
C, C++, Python

eC (Ecere C) is an object-oriented programming language, defined as a super-set of the C language.

eC was initially developed as part of the Ecere cross-platform software development kit (SDK) project.

The goals of the language are to provide object-oriented constructs, reflection, properties and dynamic modules on top of the C language while maintaining C compatibility and optimal native performance.

eC currently relies on GCC or Clang to perform the final steps of compilation, using C as an intermediate language. There are, however, plans to integrate directly with LLVM to skip the intermediate C files.

eC is available as part of the ecere-sdk package in Debian/Ubuntu and other derived Linux distributions. A Windows installer also bundling MinGW-w64 is available from the main website. The free and open-source SDK including the eC compiler can also be built for a number of other platforms, including OS X, FreeBSD and Android.

It is also possible to deploy eC applications to the web by compiling them to JavaScript through Emscripten, or to WebAssembly through Binaryen.

Examples

Hello world

A "Hello, World!" program in eC:

class HelloApp : Application
{
   void Main()
   {
      PrintLn("Hello, World!");
   }
}

Graphical user interface

A "Hello, World!" program programmed with a GUI:

import "ecere"

class HelloForm : Window
{
   caption = "My First eC Application";
   borderStyle = sizable;
   clientSize = { 304, 162 };
   hasClose = true;

   Label label
   {
      this, position = { 10, 10 }, font = { "Arial", 30 },
      caption = "Hello, World!!"
   };
};

HelloForm hello { };

External links

• Ecere SDK
• GitHub Repository hosting the compiler and run-time library source code
• Debian Package
• 3D chess web app written in eC (requires WebGL)
• 100 Languages Quine Relay featuring eC
• Ecere Project on Launchpad
• Ecere Tao of Programming (eC Programmer's Guide)
• Try it online REPL